What are examples of things that hinder interaction among groups?

There are many different ways to classify people into "groups." You can, for instance, separate people by gender, by religion, by race, or by a number of other different subsets or preferences, such as "does the person like vegetables?"

Once people are separated into different groups, they often tend to stay within that group for reasons such as lack of conflict and having things in common. If you love a TV show, and you have a group of friends who also love that TV show, what reason do you have to try to separate?

Similarly, many people choose to remain in cohorts of their biology. Many people choose to befriend people of similar races, genders, hair colors, ages, etc. This is associative, because people assume that people who look the same will, in some facet, also behave the same. By remaining with people who are like you, you will limit potential conflicts of interest.

The issue there is that you will never grow. Meeting and learning about other groups of people is a valuable piece of education that gives you incredible human qualities such as empathy and understanding. If you are of one religion, you will likely be attracted to others who also practice that religion. But if you only talk to people in your religion, you will never learn about other religions and other beliefs.

There is a difference between trying to convert people of other groups, and interacting with people of other groups. If you are a female and you only communicate with males in order to convince them that females are the best, you have not developed a meaningful relationship outside of your group. However, if you try to learn from your male friend about his experiences in life and how they differ from yours as a female, you will become a more wholesome individual.

Many people are afraid of being "wrong," or of having a difference of opinion with another person. That is why groups do not often attempt to extend their hands to people of other groups. However, if you make the effort to become a more educated person by learning about the experiences of other people with other opinions, you will grow as a person considerably more than you would if you limited yourself to being surrounded by people who are exactly like you.

Is there a word/phrase for "unperformant"?

As a software engineer, I need to sometimes describe a piece of code as something that lacks performance or was not written with performance in mind. Example: This kind of coding style leads to unmaintainable and unperformant code. Based on my Google searches, this isn't a real word. What is the correct way to describe this? EDIT My usage of "performance" here is in regard to speed and efficiency. For example, the better the performance of code the faster the application runs. My question and example target the negative definition, which is in reference to preventing inefficient coding practices. Answer This kind of coding style leads to unmaintainable and unperformant code. In my opinion, reads more easily as: This coding style leads to unmaintainable and poorly performing code. The key to well-written documentation and reports lies in ease of understanding. Adding poorly understood words such as performant decreases that ease. In addressing the use of such a poorly ...

nouns - what do you call the person who passes the trophies to the prize giver/presenter?

The person who gives out the trophies to the winners are called award presenters. So what do u call the person who passes the trophies to the presenter? Thanks!

Is 'efficate' a word in English?

I routinely hear the word "efficate" being used. For example, "The most powerful way to efficate a change in the system is to participate." I do not find entries for this word in common English dictionaries, but I do not have an unabridged dictionary. I have checked the OED (I'm not sure if it is considered unabridged), and it has no entry for "efficate". It does have an entry for "efficiate", which is used in the same way. Wordnik has an entry for "efficate" with over 1800 hits, thus providing some evidence for the frequency of use. I personally like the word and find the meaning very clear and obvious when others use it. If it's not currently an "officially documented" word, perhaps its continued use will result in it being better documented.

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